2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 9 to 12 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. Kansas won the tournament for the 4th time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.^[2]

2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	12
Site	American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas
Champions	Kansas (4th title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (1st title)
MVP	Mario Chalmers (Kansas)
Attendance	109,428 (overall) 17,458 (championship)
Top scorer	P. J. Tucker (Texas) (52 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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2005–06 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Texas	13	–	3		.813			30	–	7		.811
No. 12 Kansas †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	5		.688			20	–	9		.690
Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Colorado	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Nebraska	7	–	9		.438			19	–	14		.576
Oklahoma State	6	–	10		.375			17	–	16		.515
Texas Tech	6	–	10		.375			15	–	17		.469
Kansas State	6	–	10		.375			15	–	13		.536
Iowa State	6	–	10		.375			16	–	14		.533
Missouri	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Baylor	4	–	12		.250			4	–	13		.235
† 2006 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[3]

2006 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Texas ‡#	13–3	30–7
2	Kansas c#	13–3	25–8
3	Oklahoma #	11–5	20–9
4	Texas A&M #	10–6	22–9
5	Colorado	9–7	20–10
6	Nebraska	7–9	19–14
7	Oklahoma State	6–10	17–16
8	Texas Tech	6–10	15–17
9	Kansas State	6–10	15–13
10	Iowa State	6–10	16–14
11	Missouri	5–11	12–16
12	Baylor	4–12	4–13
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.[3]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 9
1	1	11:30 am	#8 Texas Tech 73 vs #9 Kansas State 65	ESPNU	17,799
	2	2:00 pm	#5 Colorado 65 vs #12 Baylor 61
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 79 vs #10 Iowa State 70		17,816
	5	11:30 am	#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
3	5	11:30 am	#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70	ESPNU	18,464
	6	2:00 pm	#4 Texas A&M 86 vs #5 Colorado 53
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Kansas 63 vs #7 Oklahoma State 62		18,892
	8	8:20 pm	#6 Nebraska 69 vs #3 Oklahoma 63
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
5	9	1:00 pm	#1 Texas 74 vs #4 Texas A&M 70	ESPN2	18,999
	10	3:20 pm	#2 Kansas 79 vs #6 Nebraska 65
Final – Sunday, March 12
6	11	2:00 pm	#2 Kansas 80 vs #1 Texas 68	ESPN	17,458
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2][4]

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 9					Quarterfinals Friday, March 10					Semifinals Saturday, March 11					Finals Sunday, March 12
	8	Texas Tech	78
	9	Kansas State	64
						8	Texas Tech	70
						1	#8 Texas	77
											1	#8 Texas	74
											4	Texas A&M	70
						5	Colorado	53
						4	Texas A&M	86
	5	Colorado	65
	12	Baylor	61
																1	#8 Texas	68
																2	#17 Kansas	80
	6	Nebraska	71
	11	Missouri	64
						6	Nebraska	69
						3	#22 Oklahoma	65
											6	Nebraska	65
											2	#17 Kansas	79
						2	#17 Kansas	63
						7	Oklahoma St	62
	7	Oklahoma St	79
	10	Iowa St	70

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Mario Chalmers, Kansas^[2]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Mario Chalmers	Kansas	Fr.	G
Julian Wright	Kansas	Fr.	F
LaMarcus Aldridge	Texas	So.	F
P. J. Tucker	Texas	Jr.	F
Acie Law	Texas A&M	Jr.	G

See also

• 2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings